BSEM celebrates its 40th birthday
Okendro appeals to SMDC to withdraw case, says will sue contractors failing to complete school construction
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 21 2012:
Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BSEM) celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Auditorium of MFDC, Palace compound here today with Education Minister M Okendro as Chief Guest.
The celebration would continue for two days.
Presentation of 40th Anniversary Mementos to Toppers of HSLC Examinations from 1973 to 2012 as well as to past Chairmen and Secretaries of the Board marked the inaugural function.
Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Moirangthem Okendro observed that the education system in the State has improved to a certain level since the inception of BOSEM in 1972 .
Along with upgradation of the Engineering Cell of Education Department into an Engineering Wing, an amount of Rs 300 crores has been sanctioned to construct school buildings under SSA.
However, School Management and Development Committee (SMDC) filed in a case in the court demanding that the Committee be engaged with the works of the school construction.
As a result, the process of constructing schools has been delayed, the Minister said.
He also reminded SMDC that the funds sanctioned under SSA for the school construction is not meant for personnel use but for the development of education in the state.
While appealing to the SMDC to withdraw their case in the interest of the student community and for the development of education, the Minister warned that all those contractors who have willingly come up for the construction of schools should do their work with sincerity and any contractors who are found to have not completed the construction work even after sanctioning of funds would be dealt seriously.
In this connection, all the DCs have been informed to lodge FIR against those unworthy contractors and take up legal actions accordingly.
Furthermore, the Minister informed that the proposed Manipur Education Service is all set to be implemented by the beginning of 2013.Process to recruit AIs, DIs and ZEOs under MPSC is also almost completed.
Delivering the Presidential speech, Francis Ngajokpa, Minister for RD&PR said that no student should be used by any CSO of the State in any of their agitations, no matter how important the issue is.
They should be allowed to educate in an environment free from all sorts of disturbances.
Dragging them on to the roads and make them participate in agitations will do no good to the students in their future career.
Improving the economy of the state, educating the students of the value of time, imparting moral education, hunting the hidden talents of the students and also abstinence of non-students in the affairs of the admission of students is needed to improve the overall education system in the State, Francis, who is a former Education Minister, observed.
The function was also attended by Parliamentary Secretary (Soil & Conservation, CADA), Vungzagin Valte; MLAs Dr Ng Bijoy, MK Preshow Shimray and Dr V Alexander Pao as Guests of Honour.The 40th Anniversary Souvenir was also released by the Chief Guest on the occasion.
As part of the function, a two-day seminar on 'Qualitative Improvement of School Education in Manipur � Prospect and Problems' also began from today at the banquet hall of Imphal Hotel with retired Director of Education (D) E Yaima Singh as moderator.
The second day of the seminar would be moderated by retired Principal of PGT College Dr S Gyaneswar Singh.
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